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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1936, 18 March 1875, Page 2

To-NIGHT the fortnightly fitting of tho Thames Borough Council will be held.

An open lodge meeting of 'he Star of the Thames Lodge of Good Templars will be held this evet.ing, March 18, in the Xaraka schoolroom, when speeches, recitations, SoDgs», i &c, .villbe given. The public will bo admitted at 8 o'clock, and although it is not expected that the uninitia'el will bo per* mit'ed to penetrate tf'O reil separates j them from the brethren and sisters, they will | be able to gather from the proceedings some knowledge of the constitution and objects of the order of Good Templars. We have no doubt these open lodge mretings aro the means of inducing many persons to join the. i Q-ood Templars who attend primarily to be t amused. • °

The gloomy Tiews occasionally expressed with reference to Ohinemuri prospects do not appear to have a deterrent effocfc upon intending prospectors. Yestt relay a number of men left the Thames for Ohinemuri, having previously made purchases of the necessary' implements for the operations in which they purpose to engage.

We understand there is at present in charge at the Police Station.a fine large black mastiff, the owner of wlrch would'do well to see after its welfare immediately, us there is every probability of it suffering the severest penalty of the law if not claimed before morning.

At Alma, South Austr.lia, on 'hel9thult., an unaccountable fire laving occurred, tbe owner of the property,"- .wiilr other tellers, resolved to try an experiment; by taking ten lucifer matches from One A. Wickmann of Hamburgh's tin boxe*, and placing them irregularly up an the ground. He stood near to watch Ihe result, and within ten minutes eight of them igwifed wihout friction, unless caused by a strong nor;h wind. \ .' •, At Tarnagulla (says the Maryborough Adthere is not now a single,mining "claim at work. Thousands of acres aie locked up in leases, and no work -done ,on tbetn. < One of the finest properties in the colony, the Prince of Wales, on" tho. Poverty' line, has been standing idle for fire year?.

MBASLE3 is very prevalent in Victoria just now. In the Smytbesdale district one family had seven of its members laid up at. ono time — another. • nine — another eleven, the father and ten chil-_ dren. Grown, up persona are not exempt, but are often attacked with greater severity than,children. The proportion of fa'al cases is small.'

Two gentlemen well known in mining circles were dreadfully frighfeoed in Lydiard street, Ballarat. They were inspecting a small p:ece of dynamite held in their hands, when cue of them incautiously lit the c6mpound. Of course the dyramito flared up i-nmediately, and flew up the sleeve of the coat of one of the experimenters. Neither of the unwary couple sustained injury, butrthey took good care afterwards when further experimenting to place the dynamite on the ground before lighting it.

A sensational snake story,.(he credibility of which is vouched for by, a gentleman on whose veracity we (Gippaland Times) place reliance, has reached us. A man employed at Mr Clarke'b farm at Boisdnle was engaged on Tuesday last carting peas, and on lifting a fork-full from th n ground to throw on top of the load, he was horrified to Gnd ala^gebluck snake had slipped from the pea-straw in between his shirt, which was open at the ■''nick, and his skin. The man with great nerve, stood quite still, and the snake, after perambulating his body for some short time found a place of egress up the man's neck, and thence on to the ground, *h re fee had nob long been before he was despatched. The man may thank his wonderful presence of mind that he did not move, as it is almost a certainty.that the snake wculd have bitten him had he adopted any desperate, measure for getting rid of the reptile.

Ir is not often that the dry details of business transactions afford joking matter, but the following incident shows (ways the.Pleasant Creek News) that it eometim.es.' occur*. An up-coutitry stationer, who sends to, S'awe'l for bis annual supply- of valentines, received his consignment in due course re cenMy. After examining it he wrote lo tho effect that a sufficient variety had not been sent, and that he needed pome' " infants in arms," and " asses' heads "r-rtwo kinds of articles known to.the trade. ' He received as answer the following note, written in good faith, and apparently in all seriousness :—" Dear sir,—Yours to hand; ' iafants' will arrive duri "g the week. Cannot send (asses' heads,' as nil we have will be required in Stawell. Wbuld have sent them at first, but - thought your neighbourhood already well supplied."

A shocking affair happened recently at Hothnm, Victoria, the daughter of tbo Rev. Mr. Kinnimoat being so seriously burnt that she died after suffering great agony. It appears/that the poor girl was pouring some water from a kettle at the latchen fire, when a spark caught her muslin drees, and Bhe was speedily enveloped" ia ftaimis. Miss Kintiimont was aged about nineteen, and had endeared herself to a large circle of friends by her consideration as a m»3mber of the local benevaUnt association for the poor and afflicted ©f tbe district.

"Some little excitement; wag created on Chinaman'e-flat, and Timor on Thursday 'evening Ja*t," cays the Maryborough Standard, " when it became known tb»t Mr Kenneth Gorrie, of the latter place, and his three brothers hod come info possession of a' legacy of £75,C00. It appears that their grandfather recently died in England, leaving this handsome fortune to be divided between them. The news was first brought out by tho mate of the Ben Lomond, who at ones advertised in The Argus. The advertisement wns seen by Mr E. W. Bagshawe, formerly of Maryborough who s^nt word to Mr Cattlin, and Kenneth Gorrie was apprised of his good fortune. With one of his brothers he has left for Melbourne, and will shortly proceed to England to {establish his

claim. The father of the lucky recipierts thi* good news died sometime ago in Mar y" borough. Mr Kenneth G-orrie,is well known in this districr, having raided at Timor for a -number of years. ,He has been mining manager of the Lord Clyde and All Nations companies, and recently was working in the Duke and Timor mine." '. ,'' The report, of the Warden's Cour,t pro. ceedings and the usual twining are unavoidably excluded from the present issue owing to pressure ot other matter. In tne caso Schofield v Graham judgment went for defendant. Captain Fkaseb presided at the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. The business consisted of a charge of drunkenness and vagrancy against one Margaret Miller, two summons cases, and an application for the transfer of the license of the Wbarf Hotel, which was granted. How to mitigate the " exuberance" of playful ycuth is thus-shown by a,.correspondent of the Warrnambool Examiner :J —" A youth while robbing Ihe lower branches of an apple tree, and in a stooping position, received a charge of saltpetre juat in the place, where his inexpressibles were tightest. The yell he utter, d and the leap he took afforded ' divarshun' worth a bushel of apples. Two other gentlemen (?) while bathing in" a waterhole in a paddock, seeing tome tame ducks, began from mere wanton naischief to Sill them. The owner saw the ' fun,' and quickly provid-, ing himself with a strong carter's whip, was at the edge of the water by the time the youths had finished the first one. As they w*re both in the original costume of Eden, the sight of an angry man with a huge whip was not .pleasant to .contemplate, end they remained shivering in the water until nearly twelve o'clock at night, by which ,titno their custodian, thinking they had been punished sufficiently, relented, and allowed them to go home. The reighborhood has been quieter these last few nights." „ -iThe attendance at the Academy of Music last evening, on the occasion of a'performsnee giveniby the Variety Trbupe* was very good, arid the programme provided gave every satisfaction. The gymnastic feats, including,' aerial flights* horizontal bar aud-ring performances were gone through with complete success; .and the vocal and instrumental portion was equally go®d, andy Called for frequent applause. A dance, to which those holding front seat tickets were admitted, followed the fall of the curtain, and an enjoyable evening was passed. ;